Lottery.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I used to regard the National Lottery as a scam but lately I despaired of my "career" and became so desperate I briefly started playing. So, do you "play" the lottery or not, and why?

[duhawkz]

Sometimes, mainly on the massive euromillions rollovers

Sometime buy the odd scratch card too.
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[Polarbear]

I have an account with them and spend approximately £50 a month.

Thats 2 lines per draw on lotto and 1 line per draw on euro millions. It soon adds up.

I'm amazed at how many people buy scratch cards in our local newsagent, spendin 10 or 20 quid a go.
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[M.C]

I used to only play the massive Euromillions jackpots you hear about, but now I play every Euromillions and Lotto draw

At least it's only one line, so £9 per week but I'm not proud of myself as it's a tax on the stupid/desperate... I'm sure that's why they changed the UK Lotto, as when they had (say) 300k jackpots they were often won, and they'd rarely rollover to the larger 'life changing' amounts. 300k wouldn't even get you a crummy house round here

Also I lucky dip as I started remembering regular numbers and then you get into the "what if my numbers come up" mindset. The downside is you often get shit numbers, say 12,13,24,25,26,50 Also I buy my tickets for each draw so if I forget (which I often do) that saves me money

[Polarbear]

[Polarbear]

Also I remember when the lottery started, Richard Branson offered to run it as a non profit organisation but Camelot still won. I wonder who got the kickback there.
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[M.C]

[dydey90]

[Polarbear]

[Sister Sledge]

I do have an account but it's just for ease of playing.
I probably spend £20 a month maximum but it's only on the Euromillions things and only on the big rollovers.
My biggest win? Just under 100 notes. As they say - you have to play to win.

The lottery rapist was released into Sunderland after being released from prison and then moved to Darras Hall Estate near Newcastle - literally 1/4 mile from Alan Shearers house.
This house was easy to spot - ten thousand big security cameras bolted onto it and driveway gates constantly covered in paint and eggs.
He walked past me in a Cramlington car park with his house cleaner linked to his arm. That was before the story got out that she was fucking him. He really is an ugly bastard.
I've no idea if he still lives there in Darras Hall Estate.

I remember the first week the lottery was played. My pub landlord had a line on and every single one of his numbers was one number off the winning ones.
If you want to piss him off all you do is ask if he has the lottery on!
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[hellkat]

Almost never.

I used to. Used to regularly use "the same numbers" - birthdays/ages, although they changed every year due to our ages, LOL ...

But then in fairly quick succession, two different people quite close to my family won life-changing amounts.

So despite the rule of thumb that "things always go in threes", I decided there was no point in continuing.

That was back in around 1997 and I was a bit anxious at first that our numbers would come up. Now I've not been doing it for so long that I'd only be mildly annoyed if our numbers did come up, rather than gutted.

So now I rarely do it, and even if I buy a scratchcard, I almost never get my stake back anyway, wankers. In fact, learning that its run by a Canadian company which means I'm funding Canadian pensions, just makes me less inclined to do it than I was before

I run hot and cold on my belief about lucky dip being a better likelihood than "my own numbers". But really, the probability is so remote anyway (Jen The Realist) for both the lucky dip number AND the allegedly random numbers that get picked, being the same, that I just don't bother. I'd rather spend it on premium quality cupcakes.

Now we're too old, our "birthday numbers" are too big anyway.
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[dydey90]

I’ve never won a penny on a lucky dip. I’m not saying they’re fixed, I’m just saying that if I was running the show, lucky dips would only spit out the wrong numbers.
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[M.C]

[grr666]

If there's an odd couple of quid change I might buy a lucky dip. Otherwise no.
I did know a bloke who almost won the lottery. His next door neighbour won.





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[Hetzer]

£2 once in a blue moon.
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[defblade]

Direct Debit, one ticket per Euromillions.

The chances of winning are near zero... but not actually zero, which it would be if I didn't buy a ticket.
I only ever have one entry in competitions - I feel that if I'm going to win, I'll win, and if I'm not, having 1000 entries won't make any difference. (I know this is NOT how probability works ).

Money is not particularly tight for me, happily; if it ever gets tight, the lottery will be amongst the first to go.
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[Polarbear]

[thx1138]

other, used to way back in the 90's when it was the one draw on a Saturday night

don't now, don't even understand it, there are that many different options and different tickets and prizes etc going on i would be bamboozled knowing where to start

lost interest when it stopped being on of the big things on a weekend telly

[Sister Sledge]

To add about competitions:
I used to do those crappy competitions in Take a Break magazine. Yup a big bastard bloke from Newcastle entering those competitions - I won one!!

The magazine are real stirrers. Firstly I received a letter from them. They way they'd printed their logo onto the envelope and used thinner white paper - the letter inside had thick dark divider lines printed on it which made the whole thing look like a juicy cheque inside - it wasn't.
That letter told me a delivery was coming from the manufacturer.
When the delivery came my 'prize' filled the whole Transit van. We struggled to get the three massive boxes through my front door.
So what had I won?? I can still remember the description: A matching set of Jane Shilton luggage in 'shimmering blue'. Yup a van full of what was basically the bigger luggage they make such as holiday cases etc.
Completely useless for someone like myself (smaller bags would be filled with tools) and so I sold the lot to a bloke I knew who liked to holiday.

Oh - I won £2.60 last night in the Euromillions - I put another line on and I'm 10p in profit.
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[M.C]

[Lord Percy]

I've never really cared for that kind of thing, but I don't think anyone's stupid for doing it. Winning even a fraction of the jackpot would be brilliant.

I don't think it's a tax on poor or gullible people either. It's just a sweepstake on a national scale. Bit of fun for those who like that kind of thing.

[Lord Percy]

[dydey90]

Wasn’t there a story with the Irish lottery where a syndicate got together and bought every available ticket, but somebody else won the jackpot too? Apparently they still made money due to smaller prizes, but it nearly went wrong.
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[M.C]

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